Claim: Bollywood Actor Aishwarya Rai publicly addressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him controversial questions about India’s losses in the 2025 India-Pakistan military conflict. Fact: The video is manipulated using AI. The original video is from the centenary celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, where Rai delivered a speech on peace, love, and […]
Claim: A video shows a mob of “Pakistani Islamists” beating and manhandling Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz at a public event in October 2025. Fact: The video is not recent nor does it show “Pakistani Islamists” beating or manhandling Maryam Nawaz. It is actually from September 2020 when a member of her protection detail mistakenly struck […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan in chaos, that is, they are facing a shortage of food and fighting over food items, as Afghanistan closed its borders for trade with Pakistan. Fact: The video is at least three years old and is therefore not linked to the recent closure of borders between the two countries following […]
Claim: A video shows tourists stranded at the Babusar Top due to heavy snowfall in November 2025. Fact: The video shows cars of tourists stranded in Murree due to severe snowfall in January 2022. An Instagram user posted a video (archive) that apparently showed tourists stranded at the Babusar Top, a mountain pass in Pakistan’s […]
Claim: Motorbikes have been banned in Karachi. Fact: The claim is false and was spread by a news outlet using misleading language. Mayor Murtaza Wahab announced a transition from conventional to electric bikes only in the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). On 29 August 2025, Pakistani media outlet City21 posted (archive) a video showing Karachi Mayor […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army soldiers forcibly dragging a woman. Fact: The video is AI-generated. A video shared on X (archive) purported to show Pakistan Army soldiers forcibly removing a woman. The post included a claim in Pashto, with an English translation visible in the screenshot below: Fact or Fiction? Soch Fact Check’s analysis […]
Claim: Bollywood Actor Aishwarya Rai publicly addressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him controversial questions about India’s losses in the 2025 India-Pakistan military conflict. Fact: The video is manipulated using AI. The original video is from the centenary celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, where Rai delivered a speech on peace, love, and […]
Claim: A video shows a mob of “Pakistani Islamists” beating and manhandling Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz at a public event in October 2025. Fact: The video is not recent nor does it show “Pakistani Islamists” beating or manhandling Maryam Nawaz. It is actually from September 2020 when a member of her protection detail mistakenly struck […]
Claim: A video shows a soldier calling for the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and for a reduced corruption in Pakistan after the IMF released a report about corruption issues across state institutions in the country. Fact: Analysis of the footage reveals it is AI-generated. A Facebook user posted a video (archive) apparently […]
Claim: A unique solar eclipse on 2 August 2025 will last over six minutes and plunge the entire world into darkness. The phenomenon is seen once every 100 years. Fact: No such solar eclipse occurred on 2 August 2025. A solar eclipse will indeed occur on 2 August 2027, but it will not plunge the […]
Claim: Geo News reported that Qayamat has been postponed. Fact: Geo News actually broadcast a video report about an update to the Doomsday Clock, which symbolically indicates the time left until a mass extinction event is caused by manmade technologies. The Clock does not actually make predictions but emphasises the dangers that need to be […]
Claim: Starlink recently registered in Pakistan and their internet services are now operational. Fact: Starlink registered in Pakistan in 2021, but has yet to acquire approval from PSARB and the PTA, which are needed to provide services in the country. However, according to some reports, Starlink’s internet services are being accessed illegally by some IT […]
Claim: Bollywood Actor Aishwarya Rai publicly addressed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, asking him controversial questions about India’s losses in the 2025 India-Pakistan military conflict. Fact: The video is manipulated using AI. The original video is from the centenary celebrations of Bhagawan Sri Sathya Sai Baba, where Rai delivered a speech on peace, love, and […]
Claim: A clip shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif being intimate with a woman. Fact: This claim is false as the video originally depicts an unknown individual, not Shehbaz Sharif. On 6 October, an Indian user on X, whose posts have been previously debunked by Soch Fact Check, shared an alleged video (archive) of Prime Minister […]
Claim: Two videos show the separate occasions on which Indian comedian Kapil Sharma played videos of Imran Khan during his show. Fact: The claim is false; videos of Khan have been overlaid onto footage from episodes of The Kapil Sharma Show. Additionally, Sharma’s monologue has been digitally edited. A video shared online shows Indian comedian […]